Equivalent Fraction Top It!

Today in math, the kids learned how to play equivalent fraction top it!  With a partner and a deck of fraction cards, each person turned over 2 fraction cards.  If they were equal, they could keep the match. If they were not, they had to set them aside and the next person would go and do the same thing.  Equivalent fractions is a hard concept to grasp so work at home with your child.  When ordering a pizza, consider the pizza a whole.  Then cut it into one half.  From there, ask your child, "How many parts are in this whole?" Then cut it into more pieces asking the same question.  Stop cutting when you have 8 equal pieces.  As you eat the pizza, ask your child to come up with a fraction for the amount that is eaten.  Ideally, once 4 pieces are gone, they could look at the pizza and say, 1/2 is equivalent to 4/8!